Hundreds gathered at sites around Washington, D.C., in June and
July to pray and demand justice for Darfur, Sudan. The series of public
worship services on five consecutive Sundays was organized by Brian
McLaren of Cedar Ridge Community Church in Maryland, in conjunction with
Sojourners, Africa Action, the Genocide Intervention Fund, and the
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.

"We fight about whether the Ten Commandments should be
displayed in front of buildings, but we fail to live out the Ten
Commandments in relation to our suffering neighbors," said McLaren.
"We are tired of being divided over trivialities; we believe it is
time to come together over an emergency."

Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the Darfur genocide
began in 2003.

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